Device for printing articles



Nov. 25-, W24. 351- 20? A. M. GALLAGHER ET AL DEVICE FOR PRINTING ARTICLES Filed Sept. 22, 1922 5 Sheets-$heet 1 A. M. GALLAGHER ET AL DEVICE FOR PRINTING ARTICLES Filed Sept. 22, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet Ham 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Sept. 22,

A. M. GALLAGHER ET AL DEVICE-FOR PRINTING ARTICLES New 25, 1924.

A. M. GALLAGHER ET AL DEVICE FOR PRINTING ARTICLES Filed Sept. 22, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 A. M. GALLAGHER ET AL DEVICE FOR PRINTING ARTICLES Filed Sept. 22, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

ARTHUR M. GALLAGHER AND HARRY F. WANAMAKER, OF PHILADELPHJ IA, PENN- SYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR. PRINTING ARTICLES.

Application filed September 22,\1922. Serial No. 589,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR M. GALLAGHER and HARRY F. WANAMAKER, citizens of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in a Device for PrintingArticles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in means for printing trade names, or trade marks, on stockings and similar articles.

One object of our invention is to design the printing mechanism so that it can e applied to a stocking drying apparatus in order that stockings may be printed as they leave the drier.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the mechanism for inking the type and the mechanism for controlling the type carrier.

These objects we attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a stocking dry-. ing apparatus, showing; our' improved device (fior printing stockings as they leave the rier' Fig. 2 is an end view of the apparatus;

Fig. 3 is anenlarged plan view showing the type form in position to be inked and the other mechanism position to allow a form, with a stocking thereon, to be projected in position;

Fi 4 is a View, similar to Fig. 3, showing 1; e parts in the printing position Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view showing the parts in the printing position;

Fig. 7 isa view of the inking mechanism; and

Fig. 8 is a view illustrating a modification of the mechanism for applying decalcomanias to stockings instead of making a type impression.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 is the drying chamber in which the stockings to be dried are traversed by the mechanism indicated at 2. The mechanism consists of carriers 3 on which are stocking forms 4. These carriers are intermittently moved and operated so as to travel in front of the dryingchamber and enter therein through a slot 5 at one end and to emerge therefrom through a slot6. I

The drying apparatus is clearly illustrated and described in a patent granted to H. Coulston and W. M. Schwartz on the 26th day of January, 1915, No. 1,126,619. The invention can be applied to any drying apparatus, in which a drying chamber is used and where the stockings are dried on forms. I 7 1s a type form by which the impression 1s made upon astocking. This impression may be a trade name, a trade-mark, or the number or style, and may be printed on any part of a stocking, preferably, however, upon the foot, as shown in the drawings. The type form .is secured to a carrier 8 pivoted at 9 to a sliding frame 10, which is adapted to ways 11 on a fixed frame 12.

- Attached to the carrier 8 is a rod.13, bent at an angle, as shown in Fig. 6, and havmg a head 14. This rod projects through a slot 15 in a plate 16 secured to the fixed frame. The end of the plate is rounded, as shown.

When the type carrier is moved towards a stocking, the rod 13 strikes the plate at the end of the slotturning the carrier into the printing position. When the carrier is retracted, after printing, it strikes the rounded end of the plate and is turned in position to allow the inking mechanism to ink the type, as shown in Fig. 3.

The slide 10 is connected to an arm 17 by a rod 18, which is attached at 18 to a lug on the carrier. The arm is secured to a rock shaft 19 on which is an arm 20. This arm 20 is connected to a rod 21, which extends through a guide 22 on the casing of the drier 1 and is connected to one arm of a lever 23 pivoted at 24, Fig. 2. The other arm of the lever 23 is actuated by a cam 25 on a driven shaft 26 forming part of theumechanism for traversing the'stockings through the drying chamber. On the rod 21 is a collar 27 and between this collar and the guide 22 is a coiled spring 28, which tends to return the printing mechanism to the position shown in Fig. 3. The cam 25 moves the rinting mechanism into the printing position.

29 is the inking mechanism for the type.

30 is the ink reservoir mounted on an arm 6 31 pivotally attached at 32 to the frame 12.

A rod 33 extends through the arm 31 and a coiled spring 34 on this rod tends to hold the inking mechanism yieldmgly 1nthe raised position.

38 is a lever pivoted at 40. On one'arm of the lever is a cam face 39, which is in" the path of an inclined projection 41 on an arm 42 of the slide. The other arm of the lever is angular and wedge-shaped to ink to the face of the type form 7 Within the reservoir 30 is an agitator 36 pivoted at 37 and actuated by an arm 38 of a lever 38. As the lever 38 is moved, the agitator is reciprocated and mixes the ink in the reservoir: It will be understood that other means for agitating the ink may be em-. ployed without departing from the essential features of the invention.

In order to hold a stockmgform firmly in 11121 e, a plate 43 is provided which is mounted on a lever 44, pivoted at 45 to a fixed bracket 46 secured to the frame 12 of the mechanism. One arm of the lever 44 is connected by a rod 47 to a block 48 through which extends a rod 49, which is pivoted to the arm 17. A coiled spring 51 is located between the block 46 and a collar 52 on the rod 49 so that the platen can be moved into contact with a stocking board and the spring can accommodate itself to the thickness of a form.

The operation is as follows: A stocking is placedon each of the forms vliile in a damp condition and while in front of the drier, as

that the platen 43 Wlll be moved in contact" with one side of the form while the type carrier and the type form will be moved forward against the opposite side, making the desired impression on a stocking. The type form and platen are then withdrawn and the printed stocking is moved to a position where it can be readily removed from the osition while an impression is being.

stocking form either manually or by automatic mechanism.

In Fig. 8, a modification is illustrated in which decalcomanias having printed matter thereon are applied to the stockings as they leave the drying chamber 1, the printed impression being omitted. In this instance, 4 is the stocking form. 43 the springpressed platen. 7 is the coil of transfer paper on which are the decalcomanias. This paper passes between rollers 53 on one side of an iron 54. After a decalcomania has been transferred to a stocking, the paper passes between rollers 55. The iron takes the place of the type carrier and is heated so as to allow the decalcomanias to be transferred from the paper 7 to a stocking on a form. Other means of applying printed matter to stockings may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

While the improved printing mechanism is shown in connection with the drier, it will be understood that the stockings, or like articles, can be mounted on hollow or solid forms and printed by our improved mechanism while on the forms.

We claim:

1. The combination in apparatus for drying stockings and like articles, of a drying chamber; stocking forms; means for intermittently moving the forms, with the stockings thereon, through the drier; and means actuated by said first named means for applying printed matter to each dried stocking while at rest and before it is removed from the drying apparatus.

" 2. The combination in apparatus for drying stocking and like articles, of a drying chamber; stocking forms; meansfor intermittently moving said forms with the stocking thereon through the drying chamber; and means in connection with said intermittent moving means for applying an impression to each stocking while at rest after it leaves the drying chamber.

3. The combination in apparatus for drying stockings and like articles, of a drying chamber; stocking forms; means for intel-mittently feeding the forms through and out of said chamber; and printing mechanism actuated by the said feeding means for making an impression on a stocking at a point where the stocking emerges from the drying chamber and between feeding movements. Y

4. The combination of drying apparatus for drying stockings; a drying chamber; a series of stocking forms on which the stockings are plated; intermittent means for carrying the stocking forms into and out of the drying chamber; printing mechanism consisting of a type form and a platen.between which the stocking form passes as. it emerges from the drying chamber; and means connecting the printing mechanism with the intermittent mechanism of the drying machine, whereby an impression is made when a stocking form is at rest.

5. The combmation in mechanism for printing stockings, of a series of stocking forms; means for intermittently feeding the mechanism actuated by the feeding means for moving the platen in contact with one side of the form while the type form is moved into printing position on the opposite side of the form between feeding movements of the stocking forms.

6. The combination in a machine for making an impression on a stocking, of a series of stocking forms; means for moving said forms; printing mechanism in the path of the forms, said printing mechanism consisting of a swinging platen and means for yieldingly holding the platen against one side of the form while a stocking is being printed; a reciprocating type carrier; means for causing the type carrier to turn at right angles during reciprocation, between active and inactive positions; mechanism for inking the type while in the inactive position, and means for simultaneously swinging the platen and reciprocating the type carrler. 7. In a stocking printing mechanism, a platen and a type carrier in laterally spaced relation, means for simultaneously swinging the platen and reciprocating the type carrier in relatively opposite directions, means for intermittently feeding stocking forms with stockings thereon in upright po sitions between the said platen and type carrier, said meansbeing in connection with and timed relation to the platen and. type carrier actuating connections, and means for inking the type carrier during its reciprocation.

ARTHUR M. GALLAGHER. HARRY F. WANAMAKER. 

